Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Models

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Redefining Dignity in Our Schools: A Shadow Report on School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Implementation in South Los Angeles, 2007-2010 (Document)

A collective report from CADRE, Public Counsel Law Center, and Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc.

A Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Effectiveness Trial Assessing School-Wide Positive Behavior Support in Elementary Schools (2009) (Research Report/Paper)

We report a randomized, wait-list controlled trial assessing the effects of school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS). An effectiveness analysis was conducted with elementary schools in Hawaii and Illinois where training and technical assistance in SWPBS was provided by regular state personnel over a 3-year period.

Reducing Dropout and Teacher Turnover in Mississippi through PBIS (Document)

"Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Mississippi," Mississippi Youth Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center (April 2008).

Reducing Dropout in Alabama through PBIS (Document)

"Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Alabama," Southern Poverty Law Center (July 2008).

School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: A Plan For Pennsylvania (2008) (Document)

This report includes examples of schools in Pennsylvania implementing PBIS.

Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support within the Context of Larger School Reform (Document)

“Anchoring Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support in Structural School Reform,” Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2006).

Who is Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Leaving Behind? (Document)

“The Wave of SWPBS: Who is Left Behind?,” Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2006).

Impact of Positive Behavior Support on Problematic Hallway Behavior (Document)

“Preventing Trouble: Making Schools Safer Places Using Positive Behavior Supports,” Education and Treatment of Children, Vol. 28, No. 3, (2005).

Press Release - Redefining Dignity in Our Schools (Los Angeles) (Document)

Re-release of Community Asset Development Re-defining Education (CADRE), Public Counsel Law Center, and the Mental Health Advocacy Services' report, "Redefining Dignity in Our Schools: A Shadow Report on School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Implementation in South Los Angeles, 2007-2010."

A Best Practices Guide to School-wide Positive Behavior Support (Document)

“School-wide Positive Behavior Support: Implementers’ Blueprint and Self-Assessment,” OSEP Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2004.

The Process of Implementing School Wide Positive Behavior Supports (Document)

“Improving School Climate with School Wide Positive Behavior Supports,” The Utah Special Educator (2004).

Effectiveness of Positive Behavior Support as an Alternative to Traditional Disciplinary Practices (Document)

“Positive Behavior Supports: Can Schools Reshape Disciplinary Practices?,” Exceptional Children, Vol. 69, No. 3 (2003).

Positive Behavioral Supports in Rural Classrooms (Document)

"Creating Classrooms in Rural Settings that Prevent Discipline Problems," No Child Left Behind: The Vital Role of Rural Schools, Annual National Conference Proceedings of the American Council on Rural Special Education (2002).

Parent to Parent Restorative Justice Guide - English (Document)

Dear Friends,

 

For too many of our children, “school discipline” has meant getting suspended or expelled—starting as young as kindergarten—being arrested, even in grade school—and ending up on the streets or in jail—without an education.

 

The Basics of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) (Document)

National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, US Office of Special Education Programs.